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Object Number 40-69-10/22746
Display Title Necklace--animal claws, beads, thimbles & fragments of hoof strung on thong
Descriptions
Object Description Necklace - animal claws and fragments of goat, deer, etc. hoof strung on narrow piece of deerskin by skin thongs; on thongs at one end are thimbles and green glass beads
Inventory Description Necklace, leather thong, clipped hooves, animal claws, metal thimbles and beads
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Southeastern Ojibwa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Michigan?
Additional Geographic Terms Great Lakes Region
Dimensions Overall: 64.5 x 12 x 2.7 cm (25 3/8 x 4 3/4 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-69-10/22746
Provenance
Owner Mrs. J. H. Knapp (08/01/1940)
Collector Mr. J. H. Knapp (01/01/1880-01/01/1890)
Intermediary Dr. Carleton Stevens Coon

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